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Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, by which Italy Communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany.
por BROCKEDON, William
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London: Printed for the Author, 1828-1829.. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 4to. (28 x 21 cm). Contemporary half red roan over marbled boards, spines with raised bands and gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 109 engraved plates and maps by E. Finden and others after Brockedon, comprising 12 title-vignettes, 13 maps with the routes hand coloured in outline (one of which is double-page an uncoloured), and 84 plates. Ex libris Aughentaine, with their bookplate to front paste down in each volume. Occasional spotting (heavier in vol. 2). An illustrated work on 12 mountain passes including the Little Saint Bernard, the Mont Genevre, the Mont Cenis, the Mont Saint Gothard, the Great Saint Bernard, the Monte Stelvio, the Cornice, the Grimsel and the Gries, the Bernardine and the Splugen, the Brenner, the Tende and the Argentiere and the Simplon, each pass with a map. The English painter, writer and inventor William Brockedon traversed the Alps 58 times, crossing more than 40 different passes, in the course of his researches.
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- Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, by which Italy Communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany.
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- BROCKEDON, William
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- London: Printed for the Author, 1828-1829.
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